Keyboard Music Before 1700

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Alexander Silbiger
Psychology Press, 2004 - Music - 409 pages
This series presents introductory guides to key musical genres in the Western classical canon. Designed for the avid listener or the student of music history, each volume offers chapters exploring principal composers and their works, as well as contextual essays. Written by eminent music scholars, generously illustrated with musical examples, and furnished with suggested bibliographies, Routledge Studies in Musical Genres provide readable yet informative surveys for music lovers and dedicated musicians alike. Book jacket.
 

Contents

The First Centuries of European Keyboard Music
1
2 England
22
3 France
86
4 Germany and the Netherlands
140
5 Italy
222
6 Spain and Portugal
300
7 Performance Practice
344
Index
376
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Alexander Silbiger is Professor of Music at Duke University. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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